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The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by Matthewedwards 00:41, 25 January 2009 [1].

BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year edit

The next in a hopefully potential BBC SPoTY topic. I feel it now meets all the criteria. All comments welcome, and will be addressed by me. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 18:08, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from Truco

Comments from Truco (talk · contribs)

  • Spell out UK in its first occurrence.
  • The recipient either be British or reside and play a significant amount of their sport in the UK, with their core achievements that year being in the UK, and not with a non-UK national team. - I'm confused by this sentence. Is this sentence trying to say that the recipient has to be British or reside and play that sport a lot in the United Kingdom? done
  • The Young Sports Personality of the Year award was preceded by the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Newcomer Award, in which the recipients could be aged upto 25. - space needed between "upto" done
  • The award was replaced by the Young Sports Personality of the Year in 2001,[3] and sprinter Amy Spencer was the first recipient of the award. - in this context the word "the" in the phrase "first recipient of the award" should be changed to that. done
  • Rationale: for "finished in eighth place in his debut Formula One World Championship season." - I know its a quote, but I would replace this with [for finishing "in eight place in his debut Formula One World Championship season." done
  • For "achievements in diving which include becoming the youngest-ever National Men's Platform Champion." - For should not be capitalize per consistency. done
    • For becoming "Britain's youngest ever individual Paralympic gold medallist" - same thing here done
  • In Ref 6, since an article about Echo News does not exist, I recommend not linking it. not done (I hope to make this article myself in the not to distant future)
  • Since there were only two recipients to the the "Newcomer Award" why not list the final winner? done

--Truco 00:40, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the comments, I believe I have addressed all your concerns. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 01:04, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Followup
  • The recipient must either be British; or reside and play a significant amount of their sport in the United Kingdom, with their core achievements that year being in the UK, and not with a non-UK national team. - how about The recipient must either be British, or reside and play a significant amount of their sport in the United Kingdom. Their core achievements that year must also be in the UK, and not with a non-UK national team. done
  • In 2001 the award was replaced by the Young Sports Personality of the Year,[3] and sprinter Amy Spencer was the first recipient of that award. Although the rules stipulate the winner does not have to be British, all the winners to date have been. - comma after 2001, and it says that all the winners to date have been British, yet a Scottish person won it, or am I reading the sentence wrong?Truco 01:19, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • I've added the comma, but the British bit is correct as it stands. British people are citizens of the United Kingdom, which includes the countries England and Scotland. So while there is 1 Scottish winner and 9 English winners, they are all still British. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 01:28, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks for letting me know that :)--Truco 03:44, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support A very nice list. The only suggestion I have is to add an age column since this award has an age requirement.—Chris! ct 20:17, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks, I liked your suggestion and have added an age column. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 20:50, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 17:02, 17 January 2009 (UTC) [reply]
Resolved issues, Dabomb87 (talk)

Comments from Dabomb87 (talk · contribs)

  • Could you add the age column to the coaches list? This will eventually be a featured topic, and it would be nice if the lists could all look the same.
    • But since the coach award doesn't have an age requirement, I don't think we should add the age column.—Chris! ct 19:51, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • I am stupid. Disregard this comment. Dabomb87 (talk) 19:54, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • "It is awarded to the sportsperson aged 16 or under on January 1 of that year" "on"-->as of. done
  • "The recipient must either be British, or reside and play a significant amount of their sport in the United Kingdom." No comma necessary. done
  • "Their core achievements that year must also be in the UK"-->Their core achievements that year must have taken place in the UK done
  • "and not with a non-UK national team."-->and cannot have been done with a non-UK national team. done
  • "The panel later reconvenes to choose the top three, and decide on the winner by secret ballot." "decide"-->decides. done
  • "Although the rules stipulate the winner does not have to be British, all the winners to date have been."-->Although the rules stipulate that the winner does not have to be British, all winners to date have been. done
  • "The most recent award was presented in 2008 to achondroplasia dwarf Eleanor Simmonds" "achondroplasia"-->achondroplastic done
  • I made the "by sport" table sortable, revert if you do not want it that way. Dabomb87 (talk) 19:20, 16 January 2009 (UTC) Thanks[reply]

Sources

  • Echo News is a redlink, I suggest unlinking it. Dabomb87 (talk) 19:20, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • I originally didn't unlink this when Truco suggested it, saying it served as a reminder for me to create it. However you are the second person to mention this, and I can always relink it if/when I create it. So done. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 22:43, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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